History Main / HollowSoundingHead

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* Open your mouth and tap on the top of your head.
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'''Canned Guinness:''' ''[identical voice\'' Do I?\\

--->'''Chapulin:''' This side of the wall is sound ''[knocks the wall, hard wood sound effect]'' and this panel is hollow ''[knocks another panel of the wall, hollow wood sound effect]''. Now, you can try.\\

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-->'''Draught Guinness:''' Just so you can tell us apart, he sounds different.
-->'''Canned Guinness:''' ''(Identical voice)'' Do I?
-->''Draught taps on Canned's head. There is a hollow metallic clang.''
-->'''Canned Guinness:''' I see what you mean.

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--> "Hmm not quite ripe yet..."

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* ''Treks Not Taken''. In the parody ''Moby Trek'' (MobySchtick InSpace) the protagonist says that just as the captains of old had the sea [[InTheBlood in their veins]], he has the [[ThatCameOutWrong emptiness of space in his head]].

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---> '''Chapulin:''' this side of the wall is sound ''[Knocks the wall. Hard wood sound effect]'' and this panel is hollow ''[Knocks another panel of the wall. Hollow wood sound effect]''. Now, you can try.
---> '''VOTW:''' ''[after knocking the walls]'' ''Orale'', Chapulin! You really know!
---> '''Chapulin:''' Bah, it's all just in the head ''[Knocks own head. Hollow wood sound effect]''.
* ''Series/DeepSpaceNine'' has a variation in "Rejoined", which opens with Dax demonstrating a sleight of hand trick. When Quark can't figure out how it's done (he assumes a teleporter is involved) Dax says it's because his head is full of latinum and [[WhatHaveWeEar pulls a bar of latinum from his ear.]] When Bashir pulls the same trick, Quark has to shoo away Rom who's peering into his ear to see if there's any more latinum there.

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* Happens to Homer on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Halloween episode when [[YourBrainWontBeMuchOfAMeal the zombies are searching for brains]].

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* Unusually used as an actual plot point rather than (just) a brief gag in ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''. In the book and most adaptations, Veruca Salt is tested by squirrels to see whether she is a "bad nut" -- bad nuts sound empty when tapped -- when she tries to claim one of them for herself. A squirrel taps her on the forehead, and when this produces a hollow sound, they dump her where all bad nuts go -- down a garbage chute.
* Justified in ''Literature/ReaperMan'', when Bill Door complains that the hailstones hitting him on the head make his skull echo. As Bill Door is TheGrimReaper, it's [[DemBones only to be expected]].
* In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', Harry tells aunt Petunia about how Dementors attack by sucking out your soul. Petunia promptly starts shaking her son Dudley and knocking on his head, Harry wondering if she's trying to "hear" his soul rattling inside to be sure it's there.
* ''Treks Not Taken''. In the parody ''Moby Trek'' (MobySchtick InSpace) the protagonist says that just as the captains of old had the sea [[InTheBlood in their veins]], he has the [[ThatCameOutWrong emptiness of space in his head]].
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* "WesternAnimation/TotalDrama" In the first season Izzy says Owen's head is "...good and hollow..."
* In Jimmy Neutron, Jimmy has an AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering moment with his Dad and punctuates it by tapping his head. Hugh mirrors the gesture but gets a hollow echo, one that goes on long enough for them both to make a curious face at.

* Baikinman from ''Franchise/{{Anpanman}}'' is like this.

* On one episode of the "Disneyland" series, Creator/WaltDisney demonstrates the use of sound effects on cartoons with the help of DonaldDuck. He shows how the right sound effect can make Donald's head seem hollow when it is hit by a mallet. Donald is not amused, especially when the demonstration moves on to heavier objects.

---> '''Chapulin:''' this side of the wall is sound ''[Knocks the wall. Hard wood sound effect]'' and this panel is hollow ''[Knoks another panel ofv the wall. Hollow wood sound effect]''. Now, you can try.

* In ''The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials'', the titular policemen are trying to prevent an AlienInvasion. Their only clue is that the aliens are made of metal and so their bodies sound hollow when you strike them. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxndAfkyzAs Panic almost sets when the characters discover that *their* heads are hollow as well]].

* Justified in ''Discworld/ReaperMan'', when Bill Door complains that the hailstones hitting him on the head make his skull echo. As Bill Door is TheGrimReaper, it's [[DemBones only to be expected]].

* ''Treks Not Taken''. In the parody ''Moby Trek'' (MobySchtick InSpace) the protagonist says that just as the captains of old had the sea in their veins, he has the [[ThatCameOutWrong emptiness of space in his head]].

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* ''Treks Not Taken''. In the parody ''Moby Trek'' (MobyShtick InSpace) the protagonist says that just as the captains of old had the sea in their veins, he has the [[ThatCameOutWrong emptiness of space in his head]].

* Happens to Homer on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Halloween episode when the zombies are searching for brains.

* In one sketch on ''The Carol Burnett Show'', Carol was a queen and Tim Conway was an inept guard. Harvey Korman, as the king, wanted to know why such an inept person would be assigned to the royal personage. Carol said that Tim got the position through meritorious action in combat � he had swallowed a grenade. She opened Tim's mouth and spoke into it. "Hello...lo...lo...lo...lo."